#falsehood

Accuracy of statement is one of the first elements of truth; inaccuracy is a near kin to falsehood. ↗

— Tryon Edwards

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Falsehood is easy, truth so difficult. ↗

— George Eliot

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The opposite of a fact is falsehood, but the opposite of one profound truth may very well be another profound truth. ↗

— Niels Bohr

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Falsehood is a perennial spring. ↗

— Edmund Burke

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Truth, like light, blinds. Falsehood, on the contrary, is a beautiful twilight that enhances every object. ↗

— Albert Camus

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It is astonishing what force, purity, and wisdom it requires for a human being to keep clear of falsehoods. ↗

— Margaret Fuller

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Falsehoods not only disagree with truths, but usually quarrel among themselves. ↗

— Daniel Webster

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To attempt seeing Truth without knowing Falsehood. It is the attempt to see the Light without knowing the Darkness. It cannot be. ↗

— Frank Herbert

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Truth is not only violated by falsehood; it may be equally outraged by silence. ↗

— Henri Frederic Amiel

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Truth will rise above falsehood as oil above water. ↗

— Miguel de Cervantes

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